Accounting CoE Specialist

About the role

Univers Digital Finance supports sustainable, high-quality growth through its Finance team, which partners with the business to strengthen operational discipline, improve financial agility and provide trusted insight. The Accounting CoE Specialist supports accounting, reporting, audit and compliance activities, as well as related treasury, tax accounting, statutory compliance and finance transformation work. The role needs strong technical accounting capability, disciplined execution of close and reporting processes, and effective partnership with Finance business partners, Controllership, Treasury, Tax and local business teams.

Key responsibilities

• Support accounting and financial reporting, including income statement and balance sheet areas, intercompany transactions, tax-related accounting and general ledger activity.
• Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, investigate aged reconciling items and resolve outstanding issues.
• Execute monthly, quarterly and annual close activities, prepare close packages, IFRS reporting deliverables and local statutory reporting schedules.
• Prepare accounting analyses, control documentation and schedules for revenue, cost of revenue, operating expenses and intercompany activity.
• Support external audit, tax, statutory reporting and compliance by preparing schedules, responding to information requests and coordinating with advisors and local teams.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and automation of finance processes, including Dynamics and OneStream, and to standardized accounting processes and templates across regions.
• Support short-term cash flow and cash reserve forecasting, and budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Help maintain internal controls, process documentation and evidence for audit and future SOX compliance, and support IPO readiness.
• Work with Controllership, Internal Audit, external auditors and process owners on control gaps, SOX testing and audit requests.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree or above in Accounting, Finance or a related discipline.
• At least six years of accounting, controllership or financial management experience; multinational or large enterprise experience preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle accounting, close, reporting, audit support, statutory compliance and internal controls; SOX readiness or public-company experience preferred.
• Strong written and spoken English; CPA, ACCA or equivalent preferred.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of IFRS and applicable statutory reporting requirements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Dynamics, OneStream and advanced Excel; Workiva if applicable.
• Excellent communication, coordination and stakeholder management across countries, functions and time zones.